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You're absolutely right.  Changing the desc field name cured the problem. Thanks very much. Geoff.

Here's the whole error message: Error fetching number details: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'desc FROM house_num WHERE house_num.id='1'' at line 1 This is the query that causes it: $numb = @mysql_query(     "SELECT number, desc FROM house_num WHERE house_num.id='$id'");   if (!$numb) {     exit('<p>Error fetching number details: ' .         mysql_error() . '</p>');   } Any ideas what is wrong with this? Using Mysql 4.0.27 and PHP 4.4.2 Thanks in advance